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Z is for Zachariah, by Robert C. O'brien
I don't often throw books across the room when I'm finished with them - I love books! - but this one went skidding across the carpet as...

Jennifer Walker
May 12, 20213 min read


How does your world end? Common causes of fictional apocalypses (and examples)
Writers have been creating end-of-times scenarios for centuries. Even Noah and his ark is a tale about a watery apocalypse survived only...

Jennifer Walker
Apr 22, 20212 min read


The Death of Grass, by John Christopher
Originally published in 1956, The Death of Grass remains a relevant and insightful page-turner; having read this in early 2021, with...

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Apr 20, 20211 min read



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Dies the Fire, by SM Stirling
Dies the Fire was published in 2004 but feels like novels written 20 or even 30 years earlier. Set in the late 1990s, it feels more like...

Jennifer Walker
Apr 15, 20212 min read



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Apr 14, 20210 min read


Reading list for the post-apocalyptic writer, part 3
Part 3 of the reading list for post-apocalyptic writers includes one or two hidden YA titles; the end of the world is no picnic for...

Jennifer Walker
Apr 10, 20211 min read



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Apr 9, 20210 min read
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